Ubuntu
unity-greeter package

lightdm desktop environment list too long for display

Bug #1070530 reported by Owen Savill
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This bug affects 13 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Using a device with a small screen, the one I'm using is 1024x600, the desktop environment selection list disappears of the bottom of the screen and doesn't scroll.

Steps:
Install a few desktops, I have added LXDE, XFCE, Gnome and KDE.
Goto the lightdm login screen
Click the little Ubuntu icon

Results:
A list of desktops is produced but only about six options appear. Apart from Fluxbox at the top the rest all appear to be various Gnome 3 options and one of the KDE options. LXDE, XFCE and Unity are all off the bottom of the display. There is no way to get to them.

Expected Results:
The list should be able to scroll

Versions:
Ubuntu 12.10 fully updated
lightdm 1.4.0-0ubuntu2

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in lightdm (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Mateo Salta (mateo-salta) wrote :

This also happened on my 22 inch LCD when I installed several various desktops and window managers, the only workaround was to not use LightDM.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: lightdm (Ubuntu) → unity-greeter (Ubuntu)
Changed in unity-greeter (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
EECOLOR (eecolor) wrote :

Is there any workaround?

Revision history for this message
Andi Hafner (a-hafner) wrote :

Use gdm instead of lightdm, it provides a nice scrollbar if necessary ;-)

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